Sacramento Regional Treatment Plant recycles nearly every component of wastewater.
Methane gas, a by-product of the solids digestion process, is
burned to produce electricity at a cogeneration facility owned by
Carson Energy and located next to a Sacramento Regional County
Sanitation District (SRCSD) Regional Treatment Plant. The electricity -
you might call it "recycled" power - is sold to the Sacramento
Municipal Utilities District. In the event of an extended power
failure, this electricity would also serve as a backup power supply to
keep our treatment plant running through any emergency.
